Former well being secretary Matt Hancock says his newest look in a actuality TV present was “one of many hardest bodily and psychological issues” he has ever performed.
The MP – who was pressured to resign from authorities after being caught breaking his personal COVID steering by kissing his then-mistress Gina Coladangelo in his workplace – has already filmed his stint on Channel 4’s Superstar SAS: Who Dares Wins, incomes him £45,000 for 80 hours’ work.
It’s his second spell on our screens since leaving workplace, after he took half in ITV’s I am A Superstar Get Me Out Of Right here, incomes him an excellent heftier charge of £320,000 – although he donated simply over 3% of the fee to charity.
However getting into the jungle additionally led to an enormous backlash from politicians and COVID-bereaved households, ending with him being booted out of the Conservative Celebration and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying he was “very disenchanted” in his former colleague.
Talking forward of his Channel 4 debut, which is able to see 16 celebrities being put by means of SAS choice challenges in North Vietnam, Mr Hancock stated: “Being on SAS was like nothing else I’ve ever skilled. It is one of many hardest bodily and psychological issues I’ve ever performed.
“It actually opens your eyes and makes you look into your self.”
The 44-year-old added: “After coming by means of essentially the most difficult interval as well being secretary in the course of the pandemic, I wished to push my limits.
“It is protected to say the course examined my resilience.”
Different stars that may be part of him on the gruelling course embrace singer Gareth Gates, mannequin and presenter Melinda Messenger, and former actuality TV star James Argent.
The primary episode of the brand new sequence will air at 9.30pm on 26 September.
